Obituary: Emma Wagler

July 10, 1923 - Oct. 31, 2008

July 10, 1923 - Oct. 31, 2008

November 03, 2008

NAPPANEE - Emma Wagler, 85, formerly of 9483 W. Hepton Rd., Nappanee, died at 10:30 p.m. Friday, October 31, 2008, in Miller's Merry Manor, Wakarusa, after a short illness. She had been a resident there for 10 months. She was born July 10, 1923, in Nappanee to Isaac and Suvilla Miller. She was a lifetime area resident. She married Andrew Wagler on November 1, 1947 in Bremen. He preceded in death June 20, 1985. She is survived by two daughters, Linda (Stanley) Pletcher, New Paris, and Anna (Paul) Zimmerman, Decker, MI; 15 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Sarah Chupp, Nappanee and Laura Miller, Millersburg; and a son-in-law, Don Helmuth, Nappanee. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Sherry Helmuth; a grandson, brother, Eli Miller; two sisters, Lizzie Ann Chupp and Anna Miller and a brother-in-law, Perry Miller. Friends may called Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. and today from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in Thompson-Lengacher & Yoder Funeral Home, Nappanee, and one hour prior to funeral services, which will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 4, in Maranatha Mennonite Chapel. Rev. Michael Peterson and Rev. Marvin Stutzman will officiate. Burial will be at South Union Cemetery. Mrs. Wagler was a homemaker and a member of Maranatha Mennonite Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Maranatha Mennonite Chapel.